Given the recent change in leadership at International Psychogeriatrics (IP), the editorial staff felt it was a good time to review where the journal has been in the last few years and how it is regarded both by International Psychogeriatric Association members and by the wider geriatrics community. The following special article was completed as part of an overall review of IP in 1997. Specifically, the article quantifies how the journal compares to others in the geriatrics field.